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JACKSON LEWIS PC: Joy Chin and Weldon Latham Honored on Lawyers of Color's Fifth Annual "Power List"
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Joy Chin and Weldon H. Latham have been named on Lawyers of Color’s (LoC) Fifth Annual “Power List.” -
TAYLOR PORTER BROOKS PHILLIPS LLP: Former Ernst & Young Tax Associate Ryan Gonzales Joins Taylor Porter
Gonzales, a certified public accountant and a former tax associate of the national tax practice of Ernst & Young in New York, has joined Taylor Porter as an associate and as a member of the Firm’s tax and estate planning practice. -
Louisiana courts use mix of civil, common law
Legal experts say Louisiana takes a unique approach to its courts, with judges blending two systems to make rulings. -
November races include supreme, appeals and district court judges
NEW ORLEANS – Several court elections are in play for Louisiana’s judicial system come November. -
(Corrected) Legal expert: Judges need to recuse themselves when contributors become litigants
NEW ORLEANS — With the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry backing Jimmy Genovese and trial lawyers supporting Marilyn Castle in the race to replace outgoing state Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Knoll, the flow of political donations from special interest groups such as these raises the question of whether judges should recuse themselves when contributors become litigants. -
LSU professor emeritus recalls being part of a teaching tag team with Scalia
BATON ROUGE — For years John Baker, professor emeritus at Louisiana State University, told people that he feared his good friend, the energetic and hard-driven Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, might succumb one day as a result of the justice’s active lifestyle and vigorous commitment to his beliefs about the Constitution. -
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice to retire at year's end
BATON ROUGE — After nearly 20 years on the bench of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Associate Justice Jeannette Knoll recently announced plans to retire at the end of 2016.